9 months ago

Review: Passion Author: Lauren KatePublisher: Delacorte Press, a division of Random House IncSource:  Personal Copy Aisle B Rating: Lhasa, Tibet  April 30, 1740… “Wait a minute!’’ Something haunted her about the way her past self’s eyes had seemed to change, just for a moment, right at the end. And suddenly Luce knew : ”What killed her this time wasn’t something I could have witnessed, anyway…”  Bill rolled his claws, waiting for her to finish the thought.  “It was happening inside her.”  He applauded slowly. “I think you might be ready now.”  “Ready for what?’  “Remember what I mentioned to you in Helston? After you talked to Roland?”  “You disagreed with him… about me getting close to my past selves?”   “You still can’t rewrite the story, Luce. You can’t change the narratives. If you try to -”   “I know, it distorts the future. I don’t want to change the past. I just need to know what happens - why I keep dying. I thought it was a kiss, or a touch, or something physical, but it seems more complicated than that.” Excerpt from Passion, page 190Luce Price must find a way to break the eternal curse that follows her in each new life, a curse that renders love impossible between her and Daniel, the Fallen Angel.  At the moment where their love is greatest, she must die and Daniel must mourn until her soul is reborn on Earth again.  A cruel fate where their eternal bond must be replayed with the same catastrophic ending.Luce is determined to understand the reason behind this curse and this leads her to question Daniel’s word since he constantly refusesto shed light on their history. It was as though he did not want her to unearth what he is hiding from her.Luce jumps into the portal of time against the wishes of those who would protect her:  Daniel, Cam, and their crew The Outcasts chase her to prevent any cataclysmic change of the present. Luce friends Miles and Shelby - the Nephilims  have joined in  to save her but the journey is shadowed by the appearance of the one figure - no one dared to face.  Evil lurks in hidden shadows and no one is what they seem. Luce must find the truth before the truth destroys her.**************************************************************************Lauren Kate’s Passion was something I’d been waiting for what seemed like centuries.  Ironically enough I traveled centuries into the past with Luce to unravel the mystery of this accursed love.  From present day Louisville- Kentucky 2009, Moscow -Russia 1941, Milan -Italy 1918, Helston  -England 1854,  Tahiti 1775, Lhasa - Tibet 1740,  Versaille  & Paris - France 1723,  London - England 1613, Central Greenland 1100, Chichen Itza -Mesoamerica 555 CE, Jerusalem - Israel 1000 BCE, Yin - China 1046 BCE,  Memphis -Egypt circa 3100 BCE and then the enormity of discovering Heaven’s  Gate - just before The Fall , precursor before time could be captured.So if you’ve just finished reading all the time travel I’ve just completed - you’ll understand why I feel JETLAGGED!  Seriously, I felt as though I’d been sent on an endless journey without any time to refuel or buy enough energy drinks to keep me on course. It was a test of wits to keep up with the past lives, let alone the time zone we’d jumped into through the portals of Announcers - shadows that are caught and reshaped making them gateways to passages of time.  Overwrought and exhausted by watching Luce watching her old selves explode time and time again… There’s only so much ash fall  I can take before I feel like vacuuming the dust around me.  The intensity of time travel will wear you out but at the same time you’re compelled to end the book since you desperately want to “know” what will happen. Is she going to finally break this curse? Is Daniel going to find her? Is Cam going to FINALLY APPEAR????I had expected Passion to unravel deep dark secrets but that was not the case.  My karma was to relive each cosmic rebirth with a feeling of anguish and the hope that my Shambala would be at the end of with the turn of the next page. I felt that Passion could have been better if we’d been given a chance to see more development vis-a -vis the Outcast members in the quest. I’d also had hope for more Cam dynamics since his Fall is so much more intriguing in lieu of what we discover of his past love.  Luce has grown enormously since the first book Fallen; she’s taken the reigns to control her life and is no longer that whining teen obsessing for Daniel with those hapless scenes of “why does he not like me?” I was estatic that Luce pursued her journey with Passion but sadly enough the jetlag killed whatever Passion I could muster for this read.  BUT I will not give up this series since my need to know - raison d’etre personality will not let me. OF COURSE , I will get the next installment Rapture: the Final book in the Fallen series with the hope that Cam will be back. Hmmm maybe we could hijack this one and make it all about CAM…. Just a wee wicked thought, who knows where karma will take us next. 

Review: Passion
Author: Lauren Kate
Publisher: Delacorte Press, a division of Random House Inc
Source:  Personal Copy

Aisle B Rating: 2 of 5 stars

Lhasa, Tibet  April 30, 1740

… “Wait a minute!’’ Something haunted her about the way her past self’s eyes had seemed to change, just for a moment, right at the end. And suddenly Luce knew : ”What killed her this time wasn’t something I could have witnessed, anyway…”
  Bill rolled his claws, waiting for her to finish the thought.
  “It was happening inside her.”
  He applauded slowly. “I think you might be ready now.”
  “Ready for what?’
  “Remember what I mentioned to you in Helston? After you talked to Roland?”
  “You disagreed with him… about me getting close to my past selves?”
   “You still can’t rewrite the story, Luce. You can’t change the narratives. If you try to -”
   “I know, it distorts the future. I don’t want to change the past. I just need to know what happens - why I keep dying. I thought it was a kiss, or a touch, or something physical, but it seems more complicated than that.”

 
Excerpt from Passion, page 190

Luce Price must find a way to break the eternal curse that follows her in each new life, a curse that renders love impossible between her and Daniel, the Fallen Angel.  At the moment where their love is greatest, she must die and Daniel must mourn until her soul is reborn on Earth again.  A cruel fate where their eternal bond must be replayed with the same catastrophic ending.

Luce is determined to understand the reason behind this curse and this leads her to question Daniel’s word since he constantly refusesto shed light on their history. It was as though he did not want her to unearth what he is hiding from her.

Luce jumps into the portal of time against the wishes of those who would protect her:  Daniel, Cam, and their crew The Outcasts chase her to prevent any cataclysmic change of the present. Luce friends Miles and Shelby - the Nephilims  have joined in  to save her but the journey is shadowed by the appearance of the one figure - no one dared to face. 

Evil lurks in hidden shadows and no one is what they seem. Luce must find the truth before the truth destroys her.

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Lauren Kate’s Passion was something I’d been waiting for what seemed like centuries.  Ironically enough I traveled centuries into the past with Luce to unravel the mystery of this accursed love.  From present day Louisville- Kentucky 2009, Moscow -Russia 1941, Milan -Italy 1918, Helston  -England 1854,  Tahiti 1775, Lhasa - Tibet 1740,  Versaille  & Paris - France 1723,  London - England 1613, Central Greenland 1100, Chichen Itza -Mesoamerica 555 CE, Jerusalem - Israel 1000 BCE, Yin - China 1046 BCE,  Memphis -Egypt circa 3100 BCE and then the enormity of discovering Heaven’s  Gate - just before The Fall , precursor before time could be captured.

So if you’ve just finished reading all the time travel I’ve just completed - you’ll understand why I feel JETLAGGED!  Seriously, I felt as though I’d been sent on an endless journey without any time to refuel or buy enough energy drinks to keep me on course. It was a test of wits to keep up with the past lives, let alone the time zone we’d jumped into through the portals of Announcers - shadows that are caught and reshaped making them gateways to passages of time. 

Overwrought and exhausted by watching Luce watching her old selves explode time and time again… There’s only so much ash fall  I can take before I feel like vacuuming the dust around me.  The intensity of time travel will wear you out but at the same time you’re compelled to end the book since you desperately want to “know” what will happen. Is she going to finally break this curse? Is Daniel going to find her? Is Cam going to FINALLY APPEAR????

I had expected Passion to unravel deep dark secrets but that was not the case.  My karma was to relive each cosmic rebirth with a feeling of anguish and the hope that my Shambala would be at the end of with the turn of the next page.

I felt that Passion could have been better if we’d been given a chance to see more development vis-a -vis the Outcast members in the quest. I’d also had hope for more Cam dynamics since his Fall is so much more intriguing in lieu of what we discover of his past love.  Luce has grown enormously since the first book Fallen; she’s taken the reigns to control her life and is no longer that whining teen obsessing for Daniel with those hapless scenes of “why does he not like me?”

I was estatic that Luce pursued her journey with Passion but sadly enough the jetlag killed whatever Passion I could muster for this read.  BUT I will not give up this series since my need to know - raison d’etre personality will not let me. OF COURSE , I will get the next installment Rapture: the Final book in the Fallen series with the hope that Cam will be back. Hmmm maybe we could hijack this one and make it all about CAM…. Just a wee wicked thought, who knows where karma will take us next.